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calimary

(81,321 posts)
1. Not soon enough. But sometime tomorrow (the 3rd).
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 10:11 AM
Jan 2019

Probably a mid-morning session. It’ll be all over TV today, promoting the event. So we’ll know soon. It’ll get BIGTIME coverage tomorrow.

a kennedy

(29,673 posts)
5. If you just want to watch the proceedings watch C-SPAN......if you want bullshit talking.....
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 10:29 AM
Jan 2019

and commentators telling you what you're watching, watch all the other channels.

monmouth4

(9,708 posts)
6. I figured as much. C-SPAN is great but the camera work on the other channels I do enjoy, silly I
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 10:40 AM
Jan 2019

know but I do enjoy looking at facial expressions, who's hobnobbing with whom, etc.

a kennedy

(29,673 posts)
7. and speaking of who's hobnobbing with whom......I miss Al Franken so much.....
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 10:48 AM
Jan 2019

he was always by himself, always wondered why that was. Then ya watch Amy Klobuchar and she's just a jabbering with all the Senators she can.

Quemado

(1,262 posts)
2. As soon as she gets voted in and sworn in on January 3, 2019.
Wed Jan 2, 2019, 10:12 AM
Jan 2019

The Constitution mandates that Congress convene at noon on January 3, unless the preceding Congress by law designated a different day. P.L. 113-201 set January 6, 2015, as the convening date of the 114th Congress. Congressional leaders planned that the 115th Congress would convene January 3, 2017, and that the 116th Congress would convene January 3, 2019, obviating the need for a law to set the date. Although no officers will have been elected when the House first convenes, officers from the previous Congress perform certain functions, such as conducting the election of the Speaker.

The House follows a well-established first-day routine. The proceedings include—

a call to order by the Clerk of the House;

a prayer led by the Chaplain and the Pledge of Allegiance led by the Clerk;

a quorum call ordered by the Clerk;

the election of the Speaker, ordered by the Clerk and conducted with the assistance of tellers;

remarks by the Speaker-elect, followed by his or her swearing-in by the dean of the House;

https://www.everycrsreport.com/reports/RL30725.html

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